That's an increase of 10.9 percent from 2015, when the township spent $360,491.
Apple River Township has a population of 498.
Since 2001, the Apple River Township budget has grown by 62.5 percent, from $246,200. The township population has fallen 5.1 percent over the same period, from 525.
Salaries accounted for 3.5 percent of township spending in 2016. Apple River Township property taxpayers paid $13,784 for two part-time employees, or an average of $6,892 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven part-time employees and spent $13,109, or $1,873 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
498
$399,957
$13,784
3.4
2
$6,892
2015
498
$360,491
$13,850
3.8
2
$6,925
2014
498
$343,604
$13,542
3.9
2
$6,771
2013
498
$326,129
$11,016
3.4
1
$11,016
2012
498
$283,226
$15,413
5.4
7
$2,202
2011
498
$299,645
$15,978
5.3
7
$2,283
2010
535
$259,853
$16,120
6.2
7
$2,303
2009
535
$264,350
$15,467
5.9
7
$2,210
2008
535
$231,623
$15,467
6.7
7
$2,210
2007
535
$202,150
$16,128
8
7
$2,304
2006
535
$240,513
$16,391
6.8
7
$2,342
2005
525
$232,257
$14,560
6.3
7
$2,080
2004
525
$300,626
$15,008
5
7
$2,144
2003
525
$258,123
$15,232
5.9
7
$2,176
2002
525
$290,374
$15,680
5.4
7
$2,240
2001
525
$246,200
$13,109
5.3
7
$1,873
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.